Research
Estimating dispersal, survival and population size of wild Aedes aegypti in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania using self-mark-release-recapture method
Nature ·
The Brief
- A study estimates dispersal, survival and population size of wild Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
- The method used is self-mark-release-recapture, in which marked mosquitoes are released and later recaptured.
- The study is published in Scientific Reports (nature.com).
Why it matters
Estimates of how far and how long wild Aedes aegypti mosquitoes move and survive, and how many there are, help public health researchers judge how the species spreads and how control measures might work.
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- #tanzania
- #dar es salaam
- #population ecology
- #vector control